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FL H1427
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/9/2026
Primary Sponsor
Daniel Alvarez
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AI Summary
- By January 1, 2029, every Florida county and public agency must provide 911, emergency call, and dispatch services from a single unified 911 call center operated by the county or a regional entity, with the operating entity chosen by unanimous vote of a newly created Emergency Communication Center (ECC) Executive Board or Regional ECC (RECC) Executive Board
- Each county's board of county commissioners must convene an ECC executive board within 90 days of July 1, 2026, and the board must select the unified call center operator by January 1, 2027; if no entity is selected by that date, the county sheriff automatically becomes the designated operator and all existing 911 operations must be integrated under the sheriff
- State emergency services funds are redirected to counties operating unified 911 call centers; counties that fail to establish a center may not receive state funds, and noncompliant counties face a 25% reduction in emergency funding for each year of noncompliance after January 1, 2029
- Emergency calls may not be transferred between 911 call centers or dispatch centers within the same county unless at least one emergency services professional has already been dispatched in response, with an exception for calls reporting emergencies outside the center's jurisdictional boundaries
- All 911 call centers and public safety answering points are designated as critical infrastructure, must maintain interoperability with other emergency communications centers statewide, and must comply with NIST cybersecurity standards; vendors of computer-aided dispatch and radio systems are prohibited from charging additional licensing or integration fees for cross-system interoperability
Legislative Description
Public Safety
Last Action
PCS added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
2/3/2026
Committee Referrals
Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee1/15/2026
Full Bill Text
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